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Electrical advice/troubleshooting
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When I was at ISU, I worked in the maintenance shop in Helser doing inventory, picking up parts, running them to job sites, etc. The plumbers and carpenters that I dealt with were pretty normal. However, the electricians never used voltage testers and were poster children for why you should probably use voltage testers from time to time.
things I'd look at:
1) reset the breaker again (ensure it is all the way to off, then on)
2) GFCI outlets kind of notoriously have lifespan, if it's over 10 years old indoor, or any age outdoor, I'd consider replacing it. they just get trip happy after a while.
3) Light fixtures tend to come out of the box with stranded (lots of little, not a single solid) conductors. if the original installer wasn't great they sometimes don't get the wire nuts tight with a stranded to solid connection, or they over tighten and break off a bunch of strands making a loose connection. That would be the first connection I'd check.
1) reset the breaker again (ensure it is all the way to off, then on)
2) GFCI outlets kind of notoriously have lifespan, if it's over 10 years old indoor, or any age outdoor, I'd consider replacing it. they just get trip happy after a while.
3) Light fixtures tend to come out of the box with stranded (lots of little, not a single solid) conductors. if the original installer wasn't great they sometimes don't get the wire nuts tight with a stranded to solid connection, or they over tighten and break off a bunch of strands making a loose connection. That would be the first connection I'd check.
I did something similar when my GFCI tripped after my wife dropped something in the garbage disposal while it was running (it killed the garbage disposal). Thought it had also fried something in that circuit, but eventually figured out that the outlet mostly covered by the top of the stove had kicked.
I'd make a list of where they all are and keep it by your fuse box. Trust me when I say you'll forget the next time you need to find it.
I lived in a house that was pretty well built structurally speaking but my god, the electrician seriously had to of been on acid with how random some of the things were wired in together. We’re talking a second story ceiling fan in with a garage door opener and a random ass outlet in the basement. It was so bizarre. I had to hire a guy some look at it because my skills with electrical don’t go beyond some basic things and he was like “there’s no way whoever did this wasn’t on drugs. He went out of his way to **** over whoever he did this work for”.
That's a good idea. It's a mishmash of GFCIs and non-GFCIs throughout the house. Guess that's what you get when you buy an older house that's been added onto over the years. I've only been here two years and am still learning the intricacies.
A single GFCI outlet will cover everything downstream from it. If it's the first outlet in the circuit, everything on that circuit is protected whether its a GFCI outlet or not. For the same reason, they aren't always where you'd expect them to be depending on how the house is wired.
Could be you lost a Phase. Had that happen to our house a couple years ago. Power company had to put a temporary phase in then come dig a new line to the house later.
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